chore: drop Node.js 18 support

BREAKING CHANGE: drop Node.js 18 support

Signed-off-by: dhmlau <dhmlau@ca.ibm.com>

Author: dhmlau

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         # See supported Node.js release schedule at https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/
-        node-version: [18, 20, 22]
+        node-version: [20, 22, 24]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}

package.json

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "version": "7.1.6",
   "description": "MySQL connector for loopback-datasource-juggler",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18"
+    "node": ">=20"
   },
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -42,5 +42,5 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/loopbackio/loopback-connector-mysql.git"
   },
   "license": "MIT",
-  "author": "IBM Corp."
+  "author": "IBM Corp. and LoopBack contributors"
 }